title: The odyssey of Marian the brave: a biopsychosocial fairy tale.
abstract: A creative application of a patient's health/illness situation is derived from a patient interview, to illustrate the patterned human responses that represent the phenomena of interest to nursing. The patient's story is described from a biopsychosocial perspective that encompasses the nursing phenomena of health: chronicity; stress and coping; attachment; power and control; hope; uncertainty; and caring. An analysis delineates the opportunity for advanced practitioners to learn from their patient's stories about the lived experience of health, derive a deeper understanding of nursing knowledge, and gain an appreciation for the accuracy of findings in nursing research.
authors.affiliation: University of Calgary Faculty of Graduate Studies/Nursing Master of Nursing Program.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Michalenko
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001249:Asthma / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009229:Mythology; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D011603:Psychophysiology